“I wish I spoke more Spanish,” he says of his heritage. “I’m sure I can learn, but there hasn’t been a lot of time lately.

“It was never a part of my life growing up. My parents never infused it into our household.”

The Anger Management star asked to be known as Charlie when he was four years old, to spare any confusion with his uncle Carlos.

Charlie’s father, actor Martin Sheen, was born Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez but changed gus name when he moved to Hollywood. “I invented Martin Sheen,” he explained in a 2003 interview, adding that Estevez is still his official surname.